KOKOTIKO

There are days when you feel you have fulfilled your purpose here on Earth and that even if you should die at that moment you will consider a life well lived and meeting God's plans. Yesterday was such a day for me when I met young people from The Gambia SOS center in the company of some delegates of the 3rd African Youth Commission Conference for a field visit. Given a chance to speak to them I recounted how as a young boy I lost my parents and that it was sports that gave  my life a meaning and put me on the path of progress, of how as a tennis ball boy my life has been totally transformed. I then charged them to take the space very seriously to max out their daily engagement for it has all the potential to make them achieve every dream they have. It was their feedbacks of how they welcomed my message and appreciated me profusely with those of them who had the chance to interact with me telling me they will want to be like me that makes me dare say I fee...

The African Youth Commission (AYC) has over the last 2 years, provided a space and voice for youth and youth organisations to set and drive their own development agenda, promoted the involvement of young people as key partners in the implementation of the Africa 2063 Agenda as well the UN Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, supported advocacy actions on the ratification and implementation of the African Youth Charter, other youth rights-based legal instruments and contributed to advancing the AU Shared Values through a network of locally based youth actors across Africa. Following the success of the 1 st and the 2 nd and as enshrined by the constitution, the AYC Secretariat in collaboration with the Gambia Youth Council under the auspices of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of The Gambia is organizing the 3rd African Youth Conference on African Unity and Development on the theme: ‘The Future Is Now; Youth are Not Too Young to Lead’ from the 23 rd to 26 th of March 201...